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Microsoft HealthVault Community Connect and the compelling results from their study with the Cleveland Clinic
This is part of iMedicalApps coverage of the HIMSS 2010 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
A common cause of annoyance for patients is filling out the same forms over and over again. While just about every adult has experienced this issue, the deeper problem is a single patient will almost always have more than one physician or caregiver. This means the repetitive form filling is really the tip of a much more serious problem of data in silos, with each physician and hospital treating the patient from scratch, exchanging information via faxed notes or (mostly missed) phone calls.
Patient Case Example:
Take the simple example of a female middle aged patient who suddenly experiences chest pain after dinner one night. She goes to the nearest emergency room and has a rapid and extensive evaluation. Let’s say the results did not point to a heart attack, but there were indeed some abnormalities on the ECG. The patient ends up being discharged home with the ED physician writing gastroesopheageal reflux as a possible cause, and instructing the patient to follow up with a cardiologist and their primary care physician. The next morning the patient will call the cardiologist and show up in his office that afternoon. In their hand is…..nothing, but they do remember the abnormal ECG they had in the ED.
